Customer Reviews

Sony M-675V Microcassette Voice Recorder

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This is a great little recorder. We have used many brands of recorders in the past, and this is among the best. The learning curve was also very small, and we were able to start using it within a few minutes of opening the box.

The microcassette works well enough in fast speed but has a bit of wow and flutter in low speed for extending your recording time. Cue and review is located in an awkward position for my use. However, although this recorder is pricey, hopefully it will hold up under use. The AC adapter and NIMH battery charger are a very useful included item with voice activation on the tape recorder itself. Recording and playback work well as does fast forward and rewind. Very light in weight and can be carried in a pocket.

In my opinion this recorder offers everything you need if you use microcassettes. This model like the one below it offers a separete microphone input and the built in mic. 2 recording speeds and the actual ac adaptor. Yes, Sony is a bit greedy with their proprietary ac adaptor inputs in just about everything they sell, but you don't have to pay full price at Amazon to get the whole package. For my needs this is perfect and at Amazon, competetition drives price.

I was very disappointed in this item. It claims to be voice activated--I've followed the instructions but I have never had this feature work. When I have recorded a message the playback is very noisy either though there is no background noise when the recording is being made. I would not recommend this item.

The Sony M675v is the exact same model as the Sony M-670V which you can purchase for 20 dollars less than this but it comes without the battery charger and rechargable batteries. I purchased this thinking it was a higher model than the 670V and I feel sufficiently ripped off and tricked. I had no need for the charger or batteries but thought it was a nice plus with what I thought was a superior corder. Save yourself some headache and get the M-670 if all you need is the recorder. As far as performance. Decent at best. Giving two exact models different product numbers is sneaky and I didn't appreciate it one bit. I paid 50 dollars for this recorder when I could have spent 30 if Sony had not advertised it so confusingly.

Mad and disappointed.

Edit to this review: 365 USA customer service email does indeed work and it was my clumbsy mistake for that comment. I did get through and got a very timely reply. Although I wish the customer service rep had a magic wand that could time travel me into last week before I purchased this item. He was fairly nice although not really as enthusiastic as I was to burn stuff and pillage.

All in all this is a Sony disappointment as they are the one packaging the M-670 as the M-675 ... There is no model M-675.

Buyer beware!!!! I purchased the Sony M-675V in November 2008 and received the package from Amazon's third party seller BestSource Office Supplies rather quickly. I removed the item from the box and read the description on the sealed manufacturer exterior packaging of the recorder and the description stated as that of my order. Unfortunately I waited a little over a month and a half to take the recorder out of the manufacturer sealed package because when I finally did I realized the recorder inside the package was the M-670V and not the M-675V. If I wanted the M-670V I would have purchased it, but I did not!!! Upon realizing my misfortune I immediately contacted the seller and was told he would be contacting the warehouse and getting back to me ASAP, needless to say, a month later and I still haven't received the return call as promised. I called the seller back several times to follow-up and spoke with Joe who told me the same thing as before that they would get back to me and yet no return call. I called Amazon and was told the A-Z guarantee couldn't be granted since the purchase was made over a month ago so I made another call to Amazon and I was told a claim would be filed for a refund since my attempt at resolution with the seller was unsuccessful. It's been 2 weeks now and still no refund, nor status on my problem. I've been an Amazon customer for years and have spent thousands of dollars in purchases so this is very disheartening for me. I will leave another feedback once I've received follow-up on my claim. Hopefully there will be light at the end of this tunnel. Also, my advice to you is when making a purchase reading the exterior of the manufacturer sealed package is just not enough when determining if you've received the correct item. Remove the item from it's original manufacturer packaging before storing it away.